Hyloxalus azureiventris Transcriptome or Gene expression. Hyloxalus azureiventris

This species is known from Northern San Martin, Peru, near Tarapoto and anges from the lowlands up to 1100 meters a.s.l.. This frog is hard to find in nature where it lives on rock piles and in small caves or open areas. Juveniles also well on leaf litter, adults are rarely seen and usually only encountered at dusk when males call from crevices in rock piles. Breeding takes place in dark recesses of these rock piles, where water temperatures may be a few degrees cooler than surrounding forest.